1
- additional to what is required for ordinary use多余的：
few people had spare cash for inessentials.
很少人有多余现钱买可有可无的东西。
1.1
- not currently in use or occupied暂时空闲的：
a spare seat.
一个空座位。
2
- with no excess fat; thin瘦削的：
a spare, bearded figure.
一个身材瘦削、留胡须的人。
2.1
- elegantly simple简洁：
her clothes are smart and spare in style.
她的衣服很漂亮, 并且式样简洁。
1
- an item kept in case another item of the same type is lost, broken, or worn out备用品。
2
- (in tenpin bowling) an act of knocking down all the pins with two balls（十柱保龄球戏中的）二击全倒。
1
- with two objs give (something of which one has enough) to (someone); afford to give to把（某人手头上充裕的东西）让给; 借给：
she asked if I could spare her a bob or two.
她问我能否借给她一两个便士。
1.1
- make free or available抽出时间：
I'm sure you can spare me a moment.
我肯定你能抽出一点时间给我。
1.2
- no obj. archaic be frugal〈古〉节俭：
but some will spend, and some will spare.
一些人喜欢挥霍, 但另一些人能省则省。
2
- with obj. refrain from killing, injuring, or distressing使不受伤害：
there was no way the men would spare her.
没有办法让这些人不伤害她。
2.1
- with two objs refrain from inflicting (something) on (someone)使免遭; 解除：
the country had until now been spared the violence occurring elsewhere.
直到现在这个国家还没有遭受在其他地方发生的暴力事件。
2.2
spare oneself
with negative try to ensure or satisfy one's own comfort or needs保证（或满足）自己的需要：in her concern to help others, she has never spared herself.
在关心帮助别人时, 她从来没考虑过自己。
短语
go spare
Brit. informal <英, 非正式>
1
- become extremely angry or distraught非常恼火。
2
- be unwanted or not needed and therefore available for use闲置的：
I didn't have much money going spare.
我没多少闲钱。
spare someone's blushes
- 见BLUSH.
spare no expense（或no expense spared）
- be prepared to pay any amount (used to indicate the importance of achieving something)不惜任何代价。
spare the rod and spoil the child
- 见ROD.
spare a thought for
- remember记得：
spare a thought for our volunteer group at Christmas.
圣诞节别忘了我们的志愿者组织。
to spare
- left over剩下：
that turkey will feed ten people with some to spare.
那只火鸡十个人吃还吃不完。
派生词
sparely
adverbspareness
nounsparer
noun （rare）词源
Old English spær 'not plentiful, meagre', sparian 'refrain from injuring', refrain from using, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German sparen 'to spare'.